Sefton, M.

Family/Spouse: Saras, P.. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: SEFT.B001
• _FGRAVE: 23402889

Byron married Porter, Edna Mae on 6 Dec 1946. Edna (daughter of Porter, David Christian and Daugherty, Jessie Mae) was born on 12 Oct 1922 in Louisville, Clay County, Illinois; died on 2 May 2016 in Flora Gardens Care Center, Flora, Clay County, Illinois; was buried in Oskaloosa Cemetery, Oskaloosa, Clay County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: PORT.E001
• _FGRAVE: 162026121

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She attended elementary and high school in Louisville and there developed a lifelong penchant for math. Upon high school graduation, Edna went to work at the Flora Shoe Factory.

At age 24, on December 6, 1946, Edna eloped to marry Byron Sefton; on the eve of her marriage, her giggling siblings informed her father, Dave, of the reason for Edna’s absence. Edna and Byron raised three children during their twenty-year marriage. When Byron died in 1966, Edna continued to run the family farm alongside her son, Phil.

During her long life, Edna found pleasure in many pastimes—scratch cooking, eating, reading, puzzling, gardening, watching sports, debating politics, traveling, talking, and babysitting her grandkids. She was first baptized and taught Sunday school at Red Brush Christian Church, later became a long-term member of Bethel Christian Church, and—in more recent years—enjoyed church services at her assisted living facility. A tough cookie, Edna persevered through migraines, high blood pressure, elderly onset leukemia, diverticulitis, arthritis, numerous falls, and the use of the wheelchair she dubbed “The Chariot.”

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• Reference Number: PORT.D005

David married Daugherty, Jessie Mae. Jessie was born in 1891; died in 1932. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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• Reference Number: DAUG.J004